"desenrascanço" meaning in Portuguese

See desenrascanço in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [de.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [d͡ʒi.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [d͡ʒi.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [de.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [d͡ʒi.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.su/ [Brazil], [d͡ʒi.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.su] [Brazil], /de.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [de.zẽ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /de.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [de.zĩ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [d͡ʒi.zẽ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁaʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [d͡ʒi.zĩ.χaʃˈkɐ̃.su] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /de.zẽ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/ [Southern-Brazil], [de.zẽ.hasˈkɐ̃.so] [Southern-Brazil], /de.zĩ.ʁasˈkɐ̃.so/ [Southern-Brazil], [de.zĩ.hasˈkɐ̃.so] [Southern-Brazil], /dɨ.zẽ.ʁɐʃˈkɐ̃.su/ [Portugal] Forms: desenrascanços [plural]
Rhymes: -ɐ̃su Etymology: From desenrascar (“to disentangle”) + -anço, from des- (“un-”) + enrascar (“to entangle”), from rasca (“dragnet”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|pt|desenrascar|anço|gloss1=to disentangle}} desenrascar (“to disentangle”) + -anço Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} desenrascanço m (plural desenrascanços)
  1. (Portugal) disentanglement (removal of complications or confusion) Tags: Portugal, masculine
    Sense id: en-desenrascanço-pt-noun-jDdfddVb Categories (other): European Portuguese
  2. (Portugal) hack, improvised solution; a “MacGyverism” Tags: Portugal, masculine
    Sense id: en-desenrascanço-pt-noun-7U8HJCra Categories (other): European Portuguese
  3. (uncountable, Portugal) the ability to find improvised solutions to problems Tags: Portugal, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-desenrascanço-pt-noun-C~-uE4pm Categories (other): European Portuguese, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese terms suffixed with -anço Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 24 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 24 50 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 24 22 54 Disambiguation of Portuguese terms suffixed with -anço: 19 21 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: desenrascar, enrascada, enrascadela, enrascado, enrascadura, enrascar

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɨ.zẽ.ʁɐʃˈkɐ̃.su/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɐ̃su"
    }
  ],
  "word": "desenrascanço"
}

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